I always thought The Joker in the comics was better than how they showed him in The Dark knight.

Because in the comics they make him a comical devil. Someone who finds enjoyment in what he does. In fact, there are times you question if he even wants to end the world at all, simply because he enjoys ******* with Batman so much.

In the movies however, he's just really dark and scary. True, the nurse outfit made me laugh my god damn ass off, (I mean seriously, that **** was priceless. I'm considering wearing one because of him now)
But he seemed much more like pure evil. Not really how he is in the comics where he's just trying to get a laugh out of causing mayhem and destruction.

Yeah but that was also to get Batman to 'break' his limit, so there is also the provocative murder. (Which I think is his main theme because he always wants Batman to stop being the 'justice' type of hero)

Find the superfan mission accomplished, yea superman has no limits while powered by earths yellow sun, the bitch got nuked and survived (It did hurt him), he knew if he hit batman once with a fraction of his full strength he could demolish him he was trying to reason with an old friend, he never expected the kryptonite or he probably would have dealt with it faster.